The following is a copy from the original of a letter written by
Dr. Franklin, and never before published. As the subject is one,
invested at the present moment, with considerable interest to the
people of this country, and coming from the pen of a celebrated man,
whose patriotism, it is believed, was never doubted, it may perhaps
be acceptable to your readers, and worthy of preservation in the
pages of the _Rural Magazine_. Whether the Doctor is right or wrong
in his theory, the public will determine.